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SECTION 1
Time-30minutes
38 Questions
5y = 15
x = 2y
1. x 5
BD DC
8.
AB BC
492,000
9. (250)(492)
4
Ken’s monthly take-home pay is w dollars. After he 11. The number of prime The number of prime
pays for food and rent, he has x dollars left numbers between 70 numbers between 30
3. x w–x and 76 and 36
13 7 3 6<x<7
+ +
4. 15 8 4 1 y=8
3
x
12. 0.85
y
( x − 2 y )( x + 2 y ) = 4
5. x2 − 4 y2 8
0 .3 2
6.
1.5 10
( r − t ) 2 + rt
and t by r♦t= KLNP is a square with perimeter 128.
t
13. MQ 42
7. 71♦37 37♦71
2 + 3x
14. 1+3x
2
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The median salary for professional group A is (D) 6
$40,610. The median salary for professional group B (E) 9
is $40,810.
15. The median salary for $40,710
groups A and B 18. Which of the following sets of number is has the
combined greatest standard deviation?
(A) 2, 3, 4
16. The water level in a tank is lowered by 6 inches, then
(B) 2.5, 3, 3.5
1
raised by 8 inches, and then lowered by 4 inches. (C) 1, 1.25, 1.5
2
(D) –2, 0, 2
If the water level was x inches before the changes in
(E) 20, 21, 21.5
level, which of the following represents the water
level, in inches, after the changes? 19. If x, y, and z represent consecutive integers, and x <y
1 <z, which of the following equals y?
(A) x − 1
2 Ⅰ. x + 1
(B) x +1
1 x+ z
Ⅱ.
2 2
(C) x−6
1 x+ y + z
Ⅲ.
2 3
1 Ⅰ only
(D) x +6 (A)
2 (B) Ⅰ and Ⅱ only
1 Ⅰ and Ⅲ only
(E) x − 18 (C)
2 (D) Ⅱ and Ⅲ only
(E) Ⅰ,Ⅱand Ⅲ
(A) 6.5
(B) 6.75
17. In the figure above, M, N, and P are midpoints of the
(C) 7.0
sides of an equilateral triangle whose perimeter is 18.
(D) 7.25
What is the perimeter of the shaded region?
(E) 7.5
(A) 2
(B) 3
1
(C) 4
2
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21. The two corporate sectors that increased their 24. From 1988 to 1991, which corporate sector
support for the arts from 1988 to 1991 made a total decreased its support for the arts by the greatest
contribution in 1991 of approximately how many dollar amount?
million dollars?
(A) Services
(A) 112
(B) Manufacturing
(B) 125 (C) Retail
(C) 200 (D) Wholesale
(D) 250 (E) Other
(E) 315
25. Of the retail sector’s 1991 contribution to the arts,
22. How many of the six corporate sectors listed each 1 1
went to symphony orchestras and of the
contributed more than $60 million to the arts in both 4 2
1988 and 1991? remainder went to public television. Approximately
how many million dollars more did to retail sector
(A) One
contribute to public television that year than to
(B) Two
symphony orchestras?
(C) three
(D) Four (A) 5.2
(E) Five (B) 6.3
(C) 10.4
23. Approximately how many million dollars more did (D) 13.0
the wholesale sector contribute to the arts in 1988 (E) 19.5
than in 1991?
26. If x = a5 and y = a6, a ≠ 0, which of the following is
(A) 10.4
equivalent to a13 ?
(B) 12.6
(C) 14.0 (A) xy
(D) 16.5 (B) x2 y
(E) 19.2
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base hourly rate. Workers at company X are paid 1.5
x3
(C) times the base hourly rate for each hour worked per
y
week in excess of the first 37, while workers at
Company Y are paid 1.5 times the base hourly rate
x4
(D) for each hour worked per week in excess of the first
y
40. In a given week, how many hours must a
Company X worker work in order to receive the
y3
(E) same pay as a company Y worker who works 46
x
hours?
(A) 46
27. The probabilities that each of two independent
(B) 45
8
experiments will have a successful outcome are (C) 44
15
(D) 43
2
and , respectively. What is the probability that (E) 42
3
both experiments will have successful outcomes?
4
(A)
5
6
(B)
5
2
(C)
15
16
(D)
45
64
(E)
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(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(E) Six
(E) Seven
(A) 16%
(B) 20%
(C) 36%
(D) 40%
(E) 44%
9. AUTHENTICITY : FRAUDULENT::
4. A number of scientists have published articles
(A) morality : utopian
------- global warming, stating ------- that there
(B) intensity : vigorous
is no solid scientific evidence to support the
(C) sincerity : hypocritical
theory that the Earth is warming because of
(D) particularity : unique
increases in greenhouse gases. (E) plausibility : narrated
(A) debunking...categorically
(B) rejecting...paradoxically 10. VARNISH : GLOSSY::
(C) deploring...optimistically (A) sharpen : blunt
(D) dismissing...hesitantly (B) measure : deep
(E) proving...candidly (C) sand : smooth
(D) approximate : precise
5. The senator's attempt to convince the public that (E) anchor : unstable
she is not interested in running for a second term
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11. AMENITY : COMFORTABLE allowing snow in the mountains and the northern
(A) tact : circumspect Line latitudes to accumulate from one season to the next
(B) nuisance : aggravated (5) instead of melting away. Each time, the enormous ice
(C) honorarium :grateful sheets resulting from this continual buildup lasted tens
(D) favorite : envious of thousands of years until the end of each particular
(E) lounge : patient glacial cycle brought a warmer climate. Scientists
speculated that these glacial cycles were ultimately
12. PAIN : ANALGESIC:: (10) driven by astronomical factors: slow, cyclic changes
(A) energy : revitalization in the eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit and in the tilt
(B) interest : stimulation and orientation of its spin axis. But up until around
(C) symptom : palliative 30 years ago, the lack of an independent record of ice-
(D) despair : anxiety age timing made the hypothesis untestable.
(E) reward : incentive (15) Then in the early 1950’s Emiliani produced the
first complete record of the waxings and wanings
13. VOICE:SHOUT:: of past glaciations. It came from a seemingly odd
(A) ear : overhear place. the seafloor. Single-cell marine organisms
(B) eve : see called "foraminifera" house themselves in shells made
(C) hand : clutch (20) from calcium carbonate. When the foraminifera die.
(D) nerve : feel sink to the bottom, and become part of seafloor sedi-
(E) nose : inhale ments, the carbonate of their shells preserves certain
characteristics of the seawater they inhabited. In
14. PONTIFICATE: SPEAK:: particular, the ratio of a heavy, isotope of oxygen
(A) strut : walk (25) (oxygen-18) to ordinary oxygen (oxygen- 16) in the
(B) stare : look carbonate preserves the ratio of the two oxygens in
(C) patronize : frequent water molecules.
(D) eulogize : mourn It is now understood that the ratio of oxygen iso-
(E) reciprocate : give topes in seawater closely reflects the proportion of
(30) the world’s water locked up in glaciers and ice sheets.
15. BIBLIOPHILE : BOOKS:: A kind of meteorological distillation accounts for the
(A) environmentalist : pollution link. Water molecules containing the heavier isotope
(B) zoologist : animals tend to condense and fall as precipitation slightly
(C) gourmet : food sooner than molecules containing the lighter isotope.
(D) calligrapher : handwriting (35) Hence, as water vapor evaporated from warm oceans
(E) aviator : aircraft moves away from its source. its oxygen -18 returns
more quickly to the oceans than does its oxygen-16.
16. INDIGENT : WEALTH:: What falls as snow on distant ice sheets and mountain
(A) presumptuous : independence glaciers is relatively depleted of oxygen -18. As the
(B) imperturbable : determination (40) oxygen-18-poor ice builds up the oceans become
(C) inevitable : inescapability relatively enriched in the Isotope. The larger the ice
(D) indigestible : sustenance sheets grow, the higher the proportion of oxygen-18
(E) redundant : indispensability becomes in seawater- and hence in the sediments.
Analyzing cores drilled from seafloor sediments,
This passage is based on an article published in 1990. (45) Emiliani found that the isotopic ratio rose and fell in
rough accord with the Earth’s astronomical cycles.
Eight times within the pat million years, some- Since that pioneering observation, oxygen-isotope
thing in the Earth’s climatic equation has changed. measurements have been made on hundreds of cores
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A chronology for the combined record enables scien- is slightly lower than that of seawater poor in
(50) tists to show that the record contains the very same oxygen- 18
periodicities as the orbital processes. Over the past
800,000 years, the global ice volume has peaked 19. According to the passage. the large ice sheets
every 100,000 years, matching the period of the typical of glacial cycles are most directly
orbital eccentricity variation. In addition, “wrinkles” caused by
(55) superposed on each cycle –small decreases or surges (A) changes in the average temperatures in the
in ice volume – have come at intervals of roughly tropics and over open oceans
23,000 and 41,000 years, in keeping with the pre- (B) prolonged increases in the rate at which water
cession and tilt frequencies of the Earth’s spin axis. evaporates from the oceans
(C) extreme seasonal variations in temperature in
17. Which of the following best expresses the main idea northern latitudes and in mountainous areas
of the passage? (D) steadily increasing precipitation rates in
(A) Marine sediments have allowed scientists to northern latitudes and in mountainous areas
amass evidence tending to confirm that (E) the continual failure of snow to melt completely
astronomical cycles drive the Earth’s glacial during the warmer seasons in northern latitudes
cycles. and in mountainous areas
(B) the ratio between two different isotopes of
20. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the
oxygen in seawater correlates closely with the
following is true of the water locked in glaciers and
size of the Earth’s ice sheets.
ice sheets today?
(C) Surprisingly, single-cell marine organisms
provide a record of the Earth’s ice ages. (A) It is richer in oxygen- 18 than frozen water was
(D) The Earth’s astronomical cycles have recently during past glacial periods.
been revealed to have an unexpectedly large (B) It is primarily located in the northern latitudes of
impact on the Earth’s climate. the Earth.
(E) The earth has experienced eight periods of (C) Its ratio of oxygen isotopes is the same as that
intense glaciation in the past million years, prevalent in seawater during the last ice age.
primarily as a result of substantial changes in its (D) It is steadily decreasing in amount due to
orbit. increased thawing during summer months.
(E) In comparison with seawater, it is relatively
18. The passage asserts that one reason that oceans poor in oxygen-18.
become enriched in oxygen – 18 as ice sheets grow
is because 21. The discussion of the oxygen-isotope ratios in
paragraph three of the passage suggests that which
(A) water molecules containing oxygen –18
of the following must be assumed if the conclusions
condense and fall as precipitation slightly sooner
described in lines 49-58 are to be validly drawn?
than those containing oxygen –16
(B) the ratio of oxygen- 18 to oxygen- 16 in water (A) The Earth's overall annual precipitation rates do
vapor evaporated from oceans is different from not dramatically increase or decrease over time.
that of these isotopes in seawater (B) The various chemicals dissolved in seawater
(C) growing ice sheets tend to lose their oxygen- I have had the same concentrations over the past
8 as the temperature of the oceans near them million years.
gradually decreases (C) Natural processes unrelated to ice formation do
(D) less water vapor evaporates from oceans during not result in the formation of large quantities of
glacial periods and therefore less oxygen-18 is oxygen- 18.
removed from the seawater (D) Water molecules falling as precipitation usually
(E) the freezing point of seawater rich in oxygen-18 fall on the open ocean rather than on continents
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or polar ice packs. refers to the means by which a social group provides
(E) Increases in global temperature do not increase for its material needs. Turner’s differentiating ritual
the amount of water that evaporates from the from technology helps us recognize that festivals and
oceans. (10) celebrations may have little purpose other than play,
but it obscures the practical aims, such as making
22. The passage suggests that the scientists who first crops grow or healing patients, of other rituals. Further,
constructed a coherent. continuous picture of past Turner’s definition implies a necessary relationship
variations in marine-sediment isotope ratios did between ritual and mystical beliefs. However, not all
which of the following? (15) rituals are religious; some religions have no reference
(A) Relied primarily on the data obtained from the to mystical beings; and individuals may be required
analysis of Emiliani’s core samples. only to participate in, not necessarily believe in, a
(B) Combined data derived from the analysis of ritual. Turner's assumption that ritual behavior follows
many different core samples. belief thus limits the usefulness of his definition in
(C) Matched the data obtained by geologists with (20) studying ritual across cultures.
that provided by astronomers.
(D) Evaluated the isotope-ratio data obtained in 24. According to the passage, which of the following
several areas in order to eliminate all but the does Turner exclude from his conception of ritual?
most reliable data. (A) Behavior based on beliefs
(E) Compared data obtained from core samples in (B) Behavior based on formal rules
many different marine environments with data (C) Celebrations whose purpose is play
samples derived from polar ice caps. (D) Routines directed toward practical ends
(E) Festivals honoring supernatural beings
23. The passage suggests that the scientists mentioned in
line 8 considered their reconstruction of past 25. The passage suggests that an assumption underlying
astronomical cycles to be Turner’s definition of ritual is that
(A) unreliable because astronomical observations (A) anthropological concepts apply to other fields
have been made and recorded for only a few (B) festivals and ceremonies are related cultural
thousand years phenomena
(B) adequate enough to allow that reconstruction’s (C) there is a relationship between play and practical
use in explaining glacial cycles if a record of the ends
latter could be found (D) rituals refer only to belief in mystical beings or
(C) in need of confirmation through comparison powers
with an independent source of information about (E) mystical beings and powers have certain
astronomical phenomena common attributes across cultures
(D) incomplete and therefore unusable for the
26. It can be inferred that the author of the passage
purposes of explaining the causes of ice ages
believes each of the following concerning rituals
(E) adequate enough for scientists to support
EXCEPT:
conclusively the idea that ice ages were caused
by astronomical changes (A) Some are unrelated to religious belief.
(B) Some are intended to have practical
Although Victor Turner’s writings have proved consequences.
fruitful for fields beyond anthropology, his definition (C) Some have no purpose other than play.
of ritual is overly restrictive. Ritual, he says, is “pre- (D) They sometimes involve reference to mystical
list scribed formal behavior for occasions not given over beings.
(5) to technological routine, having reference to beliefs in (E) They are predominantly focused on agricultural
mystical beings or powers,” “ Technological routine” ends.
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27. Which of the following best describes the (D) irreducible
organization of the passage? (E) ambiguous
12. x -8
3. x y
24 101
4. + 2
23 100 A solid cubical block of wood has dimensions as
shown in the figure, and the block is to be cut in
The points P(2,0), Q(0,2), R(4,2) and S(2,4) are in the half as indicated by the shaded region.
rectangular coordinate system. 14. The total surface area 36 square feet
5. The distance from The distance from of one of the resulting
P to Q R to S halves of the block
a
The probability that events E and F will both occur is b
0.42 ab
6. The probability that 0.58 The lengths of the line segments are a, b, and ab,
event E will occur respectively. The line segments are drawn to scale.
15. a 1
8. (1 + 2 )2 3 (A) 14
(B) 19
(C) 24
9. (109)(87-14) (109)(87)-(109)(14) (D) 31
Carol’s age, in years, can be expressed by reversing (E) 34
the digits in her father’s age, in years. The sum of
the digits in each age is 10.
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17. If the cube of n is 180 greater than the square of n, (A) 1%
then n = (B) 25
(C) 3%
(A) 10
(D) 4%
(B) 9
(E) 5%
(C) 8
(D) 7
(E) 6
Questions 21-35 refer to the following information about student enrollment in a certain small college.
DISTRIBUTION OF ENROLLMENT
BY CLASS AND SEX
(Total enrollment: 1,400)
Males Females
Freshmen 303 259
Sophomores 215 109
Juniors 182 88
Seniors 160 84
Total 860 540
Area Percent
Humanities 33%
Social Sciences 30%
Physical Sciences 24%
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(B) 1,192
21. the ratio of the number of male freshmen to the (C) 1,220
number of female sophomores is approximately (D) 1,232
(A) 2 to 1 (E) 1,250
(B) 3 to 1
26. If the ratio of the number of English books to the
(C) 3 to 2
number of all other books on a bookshelf is 4 to 1,
(D) 4 to 1
what percent of the books on the bookshelf are
(E) 5 to 3
English books?
22. How many of the enrolled students are not majoring (A) 20%
in humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences? (B) 25%
(A) 87 (C) 50%
(B) 122 (D) 75%
(C) 182 (E) 80%
(D) 230
(E) 322 3, 7, 9, 14, x
23. Which of the following can be inferred from the 27. The numbers in the list above are ordered from least
tables? to greatest. If the average (arithmetic mean) is 2
greater than the median, what is the value of x?
Ⅰ.The number of males majoring in physical
sciences is greater than the number of females (A) 22
majoring in that area. (B) 20
Ⅱ. Students majoring in either social sciences or (C) 17
physical sciences constitute more than 50 (D) 16
percent of the total enrollment. (E) 15
Ⅲ. The ratio of the number of males to the number
28. A developer has land that has x feet of lake frontage.
of females in the senior class is less than 2 to 1.
The land is to be subdivided into lots, each of which
(A) Ⅰonly
is to have either 80 feet or 100 feet of lake frontage.
(B) Ⅱonly
1
(C) Ⅰand Ⅱ If of the lots are to have 80 feet of frontage each
9
(D) Ⅰand Ⅲ
and the remaining 40 lots are to have 100 feet of
(E) Ⅱand Ⅲ
frontage each, what is the value of x?
24. How many students are either juniors or males or (A) 400
both? (B) 3,200
(A) 678 (C) 3,700
(B) 766 (D) 4,400
(C) 948 (E) 4,760
(D) 1,130
a 3
(E) 1,312 29. If = , which of the following must be true?
b 2
25. If the total enrollment is 12 percent greater than it b 2
was five years ago, what was the total enrollment Ⅰ =
a 3
five years ago? a−b 1
Ⅱ =
(A) 1,180 a 3
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Ⅲa +b =5 SECTION 5
(A) Ⅰ only Time-30 minutes
(B) Ⅱ only 38 Questions
(C) Ⅲ only
(D) Ⅰand Ⅱ 1. That she was _____ rock climbing did not diminish
(E) Ⅱand Ⅲ her _____to join her friends on a rock-climbing
expedition.
(A) verify
(B) redress
(C) predict
(D) realize
(E) augment
(A) precise
(B) pejorative
(C) revisionist
(D) acceptable
(E) amorphous
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They were generally settings for her artfully placed with a feminine perspective: she eschewed any
subjects. Dorothea Lange's landscapes were always (55) discussion of gender as it related to her work and
(10) conceived of as counterparts to her portraits of rural maintained little interest in interpretations that relied
women. on the concept of a “woman's eye.” Thus it is ironic
At the same time that Gilpin's interest in landscape that her photographic evocation of a historical
work distinguished her from most other women pho- landscape should so clearly present a distinctively
tographers, her approach to landscape photography set feminine approach to landscape photography.
(15) her apart from men photographers who, like Gilpin,
documented the western United States. Western 21. Which of the following best expresses the main idea
American landscape photography grew out of a male of the passage?
tradition, pioneered by photographers attached to (A) Gilpin's landscape photographs more accurately
government and commercial survey teams that went documented the Southwest than did the
(20) west in the 1860's and 1870's. These explorer- photographs of explorers and conservationists.
photographers documented the West that their (B) Gilpin's style of landscape photography
employers wanted to see: an exotic and majestic land substantially influenced the heroic style
shaped by awesome natural forces, unpopulated and practiced by her male counterparts.
ready for American settlement. The next generation (C) The labeling of Gilpin's style of landscape
(25) of male photographers, represented by Ansel Adams photography as feminine ignores important ties
and Eliot Porter, often worked with conservationist between it and the heroic style.
groups rather than government agencies or commer- (D) Gilpin's work exemplifies an arguably feminine
cial companies, but they nonetheless preserved the style of landscape photography that contrasts
“heroic” style and maintained the role of respectful with the style used by her male predecessors.
(30) outsider peering in with reverence at a fragile natural (E) Gilpin's style was strongly influenced by the
world. work of women writers who described the
For Gilpin, by contrast, the landscape was neither landscape in terms of its relationship to people.
an empty vista awaiting human settlement nor a
jewel-like scene resisting human intrusion, but a 22. It can be inferred from the passage that the teams
(35) peopled landscape with a rich history and tradition of mentioned in line 19 were most interested in which
its own, an environment that shaped and molded the of the following aspects of the land in the western
lives of its inhabitants. Her photographs of the Rio United States?
Grande, for example, consistently depict the river in (A) Its fragility in the face of increased human
terms of its significance to human culture: as a source intrusion
(40) of irrigation water, a source of food for livestock, and (B) Its role in shaping the lives of indigenous
a provider of town sites. Also instructive is Gilpin's peoples
general avoidance of extreme close-ups of her natural (C) Its potential for sustaining future settlements
subjects: for her, emblematic details could never (D) Its importance as an environment for RARE
suggest the intricacies of the interrelationship between PLANTS AND ANIMALS
(45) people and nature that made the landscape a compel- (E) Its unusual vulnerability to extreme natural
ling subject. While it is dangerous to draw conclusions forces
about a“feminine” way of seeing from the work of
one woman, it can nonetheless be argued that Gilpin's 23. The author of the passage claims that which of the
unique approach to landscape photography was anal- following is the primary reason why Gilpin
(50) ogous to the work of many women writers who, far generally avoided extreme close-ups of natural
more than their male counterparts, described the land- subjects?
scape in terms of its potential to sustain human life. (A) Gilpin believed that pictures of natural details
Gilpin never spoke of herself as a photographer could not depict the interrelationship between the
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land and humans. (A) A vista of a canyon still untouched by human
culture
(B) Gilpin considered close-up photography to be
too closely associated with her predecessors. (B) A portrait of a visitor to the West against a desert
(C) Gilpin believed that all of her photographs backdrop
should include people in them. (C) A view of historic Native American dwellings
(D) Gilpin associated close-up techniques with carved into the side of a natural cliff
photography used for commercial purposes. (D) A picture of artifacts from the West being
(E) Gilpin feared that pictures of small details would transported to the eastern United States for retail
suggest an indifference to the fragility of the sale
land as a whole. (E) An abstract pattern created by the shadows of
clouds on the desert
24. The passage suggests that a photographer who
practiced the heroic style would be most likely to 27. The author of the passage mentions women writers
emphasize which of the following in a photographic in line 50 most likely in order to
series focusing on the Rio Grande ?
(A) counter a widely held criticism of her argument
(A) Indigenous people and their ancient customs (B) bolster her argument that Gilpin's style can be
relating to the river characterized as a feminine style
(B) The exploits of navigators and explorers (C) suggest that Gilpin took some of her ideas for
(C) Unpopulated, pristine parts of the river and its photographs from landscape descriptions by
surroundings women writers
(D) Existing commercial ventures that relied heavily (D) clarify the interrelationship between human
on the river culture and the land that Gilpin was attempting
(E) The dams and other monumental engineering to capture
structures built on the river (E) offer an analogy between photographic close-ups
and literary descriptions of small details
25. It can be inferred from the passage that the first two
generations of landscape photographers in the 28. FICTTTIOUS:
western United States had which of the following in
(A) classical
common?
(B) natural
(A) They photographed the land as an entity that had (C) factual
little interaction with human culture. (D) rational
(B) They advanced the philosophy that (E) commonplace
photographers should resist alliances with
political or commercial groups. 29.BRIDLED:
(C) They were convinced that the pristine condition (A) without recourse
of the land needed to be preserved by (B) without restraint
government action. (C) without meaning
(D) They photographed the land as a place ready for (D) without curiosity
increased settlement. (E) without subtlety
(E) They photographed only those locations where
humans had settled. 30. CAPTIVATE:
(A) repulse
26. Based on the description of her works in the passage,
(B) malign
which of the following would most likely be a
(C) proscribe
subject for a photograph taken by Gilpin?
(D) send out
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(E) deliver from (A) discontinuous
(B) natural
31. DISSIPATE: (C) nascent
(A) accumulate (D) rational
(B) emerge (E) dominant
(C) overwhelm
38. CATHOLIC:
(D) adhere
(E) invigorate (A) narrow
(B) soft
32.OSTRACIZE: (C) trivial
(A) clarify (D) calm
(B) subdue (E)quick
(C) welcome
(D) renew
(E) crave
33. LOATH:
(A) clever
(B) reasonable
(C) fortunate
(D) eager
(E) confident
34. VITIATE:
(A) ingratiate
(B) convince
(C) regulate
(D) fortify
(E) constrict
35.LAVISH:
(A) insist
(B) criticize
(C) undermine
(D) stint
(E) waste
36.VITUPERATIVE:
(A) complimentary
(B) demagogic
(C) hopeful
(D) admirable
(E) veracious
37.MORIBUND:
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SECTION 6 4. If R is performed in the same month as Z, which of
Time-30 Minutes the following can be the pair of experiments
25 Questions performed in October?
(A) P and X
Questions 1-7
(B) P and Y
A scientist will perform six experiments - P, R, T, X, Y,
(C) R and Z
and z - during a three-month period, August through
(D) T and Y
October. In each of the three months, exactly two of the
(E) X and Y
experiments will be performed. Each experiment will
start on the first day of a month and be completed during 5. If T is performed in the month before Z is performed,
that month, The order in which the experiments are which of the following is a pair of experiments that
performed will also be governed by the following can be performed in the same month as each other?
restrictions:
(A) P and R
R must be performed in August or in September.
(B) P and Y
T must be performed in September or in October.
(C) R and Y
T cannot be performed in the same month in which
(D) R and Z
X is performed.
(E) X and Y
X must be performed in an earlier month than the
month in which Z is performed. 6. If P is performed in the same month as Y, which of the
following must be true?
1. Which of the following can be the schedule for the six
experiments? (A) R is performed in the same month as T.
(B) R is performed in the same month as X.
August September October
(C) T is performed in August.
(A) P, R T, X Y, Z
(D) X is performed in August.
(B) R, T X, Y P, Z
(E) Y is performed in October.
(C) R, X T, Y P, Z
(D) X, Y P, Z R, T 7. If X is performed in the month before Y is performed,
(E) Y, Z R, T P, X which of the following must be true?
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follow if Roger's claim were accepted following must sit at the same table as each other?
(B) arguing that what Roger claims to be a cause of a
(A) J and T
given phenomenon is actually its effect
(B) L and R
(C) using an analogy to expose a flaw in Roger's
(C) N and K
reasoning
(D) N and T
(D) pointing out that Roger's claim is
(E) O and N
self-contradictory
(E) attempting to demonstrate that Roger uses the 11. Which of the following can sit at a table with L and
term“nearsightedness” in an ambiguous way R?
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Which of the following, if true during the last three electrical appliances at home, and most
years, best reconciles the apparent discrepancy in the electrical appliances, when turned on, are
facts above? surrounded by and electromagnetic field of some
measurable level.
(A) The Parkville Department of Recreation
confiscated abandoned bicycles and sold them at
Questions 17-20
auction to any interested Parkville residents.
A library is equipped with a system of pneumatic tubes
(B) Increased automobile and bus traffic in Parkville
for sending documents from one to another of exactly
has been the leading cause of the most recent
six departments-G, H, L, M, S, and T. A tube line is a
increase in automobile accidents.
pair of tubes that connects one department with exactly
(C) Because of the local increase in the number of
one other department, with documents moving in one
people bicycling for recreation. many out -of
direction in one tube and in the opposite direction in the
-town bicyclists ride in the Parkville area.
other tube. The library's system consists of the following
(D) The Parkville Police Department enforced traffic
seven tube lines and no others.
rules for bicycle riders much more vigorously
Line 1 connects H and L.
and began requiring recreational riders to pass a
Line 2 connects H and S.
bicycle safety course.
Line 3 connects L and T.
(E) The Parkville Department of Transportation
Line 4 connects S and T.
canceled a program that required all bicycles to
Line 5 connects M and T.
be inspected and registered each year.
Line 6 connects L and M.
16. Do strong electric currents, by means of the Line 7 connects G and H.
electromagnetic fields that accompany them, cause Use of the system is subject to the following restrictions:
cancer in people who live and work nearby? Documents to be sent between departments that are
Telephone line workers. who work near such not connected by a tube line can be transferred
currents every day, can provide a test case. They from one line to another at departments served by
show elevated levels of brain cancer, therefore, the two or more lines, until the document reaches its
hypothesis of electromagnetic causation is supported. destination.
Which of the following if true, most seriously A document cannot use any tube line more than once
weakens the argument? on its way to its destination, nor can the document
return to its department of origin on its way to its
(A) Burying power lines and other measures to
destination.
protect the public from such electromagnetic
fields would be prohibitively expensive. 17. Any of the following is an acceptable pathway for a
(B) Telephone line workers are exposed to levels of document to be sent from S to M, listing all lines
chemical solvents high enough to cause brain used in order from the line first used to the line last
cancer. used, EXCEPT
(C) High exposure to strong electromagnetic fields
(A) line 4. line 5
is correlated with a slightly higher-than-normal
(B) line 2. line 3. line 5
incidence of childhood leukemia, which is a
(C) line 2. line 1, line 6
form of cancer.
(D) line 4. line 1, line 6
(D) Public health officials who found that a group of
(E) line 2, line 1, line 3, line5.
different illnesses in people living near a power
substation could not reliably be attributed to its
18. Which of the following is a complete and accurate
electromagnetic field were accused of covering
list of the lines any one of which could be the
up the facts.
second line used by a document sent from T to G?
(E) Telephone line workers, like most people. have
(A) Lines 1, 2, and 3
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(B) Lines 1, 2, and 4 (D) 6
(C) Lines 1, 2, and 6 (E) 7
(D) Lines 2, 3, and 4
(E) Lines 2, 3, and 6 20. A pathway from M to H that includes as many tube
lines as possible must include lines
19. If line 3 cannot be used, a document to be sent from
(A) 1 and 2
T to H that uses as few tube lines as possible must
(B) 1 and 3
use line
(C) 3 and 4
(A) 1 (D) 4 and 5
(B) 2 (E) 5 and 6
(C) 5
Questions 21-23
Eight figure skaters -four women: Fiona, Gloria, Heidi, and Jill; and four men:
Ravi, Shigeru, Toby, and Vernon-will participate in a one-day skating exhibition
consisting of four consecutively performed sets - set 1 through set 4. Each set
will be performed in exactly one pair of skaters, one man and one woman. Each
skater will performed by exactly one of the sets, subject to the following
constraints:
Ravi skates in an earlier set than Vernon does.
Fiona skates in either set 1 or set 4.
Jill does not skate with Toby.
Shigeru skates with either Fiona or Gloria.
21. Which of the following could be the pairs of skaters who skate in each set,
from set 1 through set 4?
Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4
(A) Fiona. Ravi Jill, Toby Gloria, Shigeru Heidi. Vernon
(B) Gloria. Shigeru Heidi, Ravi Fiona, Toby Jill, Vernon
(C) Heidi. Shigeru Gloria, Ravi Jill. Vernon Fiona. Toby
(D) Heidi, Toby Gloria, Shigeru Jill. Ravi Fiona, Vernon
(E) Jill. Vernon Heidi, Ravi Gloria. Shigeru Fiona. Toby
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If the statements given are all true and all the
delegations adhered to their official announcements.
it must also be true that the
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